U.S. Warning Europe That Russia May Be Planning Ukraine Invasion

[Blimey]

U.S. Warns Europe That Russia May Be Planning Ukraine Invasion

The U.S. is raising the alarm with European Union allies that Russia may be weighing a potential invasion of Ukraine as tensions flare between Moscow and the bloc over migrants and energy supplies.

www.bloomberg.com

The U.S. is raising the alarm with European Union allies that Russia may be weighing a potential invasion of Ukraine...Washington closely monitoring a buildup of Russian forces near the Ukrainian border.... Russia says military deployments on its territory are an internal matter and it denies any aggressive intentions, while accusing the U.S. of provocation by sailing warships in the Black Sea close to its territory.

Belarus has also threatened to cut off the gas that flows through it to Europe:

Belarus threatens to choke off EU gas supply over border dispute

Belarus has threatened to cut off its transit of gas supply to Europe if the EU imposes sanctions over a migrant crisis at its western border.

www.cnbc.com

 

[BerettaGuy]

U.S. Warns Europe That Russia May Be Planning Ukraine Invasion

The U.S. is raising the alarm with European Union allies that Russia may be weighing a potential invasion of Ukraine as tensions flare between Moscow and the bloc over migrants and energy supplies.

www.bloomberg.com

Belarus has also threatened to cut off the gas that flows through it to Europe:

Belarus threatens to choke off EU gas supply over border dispute

Belarus has threatened to cut off its transit of gas supply to Europe if the EU imposes sanctions over a migrant crisis at its western border.

www.cnbc.com

Feel that breeze? The winds of war are stirring?

 

[spat]

If China goes for Taiwan, you can bet Russia will use that as cover for this play.

If that goes down, there will be entire textbooks dedicated to how badly the US failed to deal with it.

 

[fresch]

Canada, France, Australia, UN, got this no need to worry.

 

[Catskillkid]

I keep thinking about how in college we read Francis Fukuyama's "The End of History" and basically how wrong that was. Also read Samuel Huntington's "Clash of Civilizations" and that was perhaps more correct but still failed to predict our current epoch.

These days I'm oft reminded of the Albert Einstein quote about what weapons would be fought with during the next world war to which he replied "I know now what weapons we'll use during World War 3 but I do know what we'll use during World War 4...sticks and stones."

 

[SonOfSun]

If China goes for Taiwan, you can bet Russia will use that as cover for this play.

If that goes down, there will be entire textbooks dedicated to how badly the US failed to deal with it.

Deal with what exactly?

 

[spat]

Deal with what exactly?

The global geopolitical situation ?

It would be very bad for us to allow either of those things to happen.

 

[SonOfSun]

The global geopolitical situation ?

It would be very bad for us to allow either of those things to happen.

Not our place IMO. I'm sick of footing the bill to be the world police.

 

[spat]

Not our place IMO. I'm sick of footing the bill to be the world police.

It beats living in a world where Xi is the police.

 

[SonOfSun]

It beats living in a world where Xi is the police.

Europe doesn't want their gas cut off? How about they deal with it.

 

[Vapor]

We should just annex Canada. We are one people with mostly one language.

Then we should just invade south America. We already topple their governments and meddle in their elections.

We can call it the greater American prosperity sphere.

 

[spat]

Europe doesn't want their gas cut off? How about they deal with it.

Sure, lets rely on Europe to handle that.

It's worked out so well for us in the past.

 

[SonOfSun]

Sure, lets rely on Europe to handle that.

It's worked out so well for us in the past.

Sounds like their problem to me.

 

[spat]

Sounds like their problem to me.

Just like that Arch Duke, and Poland.

None of our business.

 

[SonOfSun]

Just like that Arch Duke, and Poland.

None of our business.

It wasn't then and isn't now.

Good times make soft men. I'm OK with some extinction, lest we have more of this

 

[spat]

It wasn't then and isn't now.

Good times make soft men. I'm OK with some extinction, lest we have more of this

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It wasn't our business, until it was.

They have a habit of letting little stuff escalate until it's big stuff and then dragging us into it.

You could be right though, another world war might be what it takes to unfuck this place.

 

[SonOfSun]

It wasn't our business, until it was.

They have a habit of letting little stuff escalate until it's big stuff and then dragging us into it.

You could be right though, another world war might be what it takes to unfuck this place.

I say we let "they/we" go over and fight the Russians. They can complain about their "microaggressions" or whatever it is they are so concerned with.

 

[Mosinitis]

Ukraine and Belarus are parts of Russia. It's inevitable that Smuta-II will come to an end.

 

[Mosinitis]

 

[Mosinitis]

We should just annex Canada. We are one people with mostly one language.

Then we should just invade south America. We already topple their governments and meddle in their elections.

We can call it the greater American prosperity sphere.

There is no long or short history of U.S. and Canada being one country.

 

[spat]

There is no long or short history of U.S. and Canada being one country.

Well, we were all British subjects at one point.

 

[Mosinitis]

Well, we were all British subjects at one point.

We were colonies, so was India, most of Africa and many others. Belarus and Ukraine were a part of Greater Russia.

 

[GOYABEAN]

Russia and China are tag teaming meanwhile the sleeping dog and pony show administration keeps doing everything possible to eliminate America

 

[meketrefe]

If China goes for Taiwan, you can bet Russia will use that as cover for this play.

If that goes down, there will be entire textbooks dedicated to how badly the US failed to deal with it.

Why should we do anything about either one?
let them do whatever they want so they can implode from within.
Like we do not have enough problems with a nation divided by pure stupidity.

 

[Mosinitis]

It's not just about us being a policeman of the world. Our overblown sense of self-rightiousness and wishful thinking blinds us to realities of the world and its history.

 

[repete]

It wasn't then and isn't now.

Good times make soft men. I'm OK with some extinction, lest we have more of this

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DAMN IT!! How about a little warning before you post up shit like that?

 

[spat]

Why should we do anything about either one?
let them do whatever they want so they can implode from within.
Like we do not have enough problems with a nation divided by pure stupidity.

Because, if antifa is trying to burn down the neighborhood, you do not wait until your house is on fire to act.

 

[meketrefe]

Because, if antifa is trying to burn down the neighborhood, you do not wait until your house is on fire to act.

I agree let Ukraine and Taiwan do something about it.

 

[spat]

I agree let Ukraine and Taiwan do something about it.

I'm sure that will work out fine.

Poland should have dealt with the Austrian with the funny mustache all by themselves too.

 

[tirwin1]

Is Russia taking advantage of the weakness of the biden administration or is the biden administration trying desperately to get people to change the subject from just how god-awful of a mess they have made?